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scoursen's comment on Smiley Traffic ...
Like Most Traffic Exchanges
Smiley Traffic is pretty much in line with other traffic exchanges, at least in terms of results. The auto-surf is a nice extra (I usually use manual exchanges), but I noticed that while I got a lot of traffic that way, I didn't get the results I was looking for.
The main drawback of the site is the owner (Vern). He tends to rant about things and send long emails badgering other traffic exchange owners. Periodically, he bans other exchanges and they ban him. This makes it difficult to build up referrals since you end up not being able to actually promote the exchange anywhere.
Overall, the manual side of Smiley Traffic generates traffic and results while the auto surf doesn't seem to do much other than boost your page view numbers.
scoursen's comment on Hit2Hit ...
Good Results and Helpful Admin
Of the traffic exchanges I use, Hit2Hit consistently gets me the best results (for what I care about, which is building my mailing list). They have a 6 second timer and almost no frame-breakers or other annoyances to interrupt your surfing.
Franscisca responds very quickly to admin requests. Further, she has things set up that she has to manually approve new site submissions. That's huge, because it cuts down on running into problem sites. It is slightly annoying if you're adding a new site however, because you have a wait a little bit to start getting traffic.
Hit2Hit is no-frills in it's presentation, but that's actually a big plus since the navigation frames don't detract from the pages your seeing. I think that may be part of the reason people seem to get good results here ... people actually read the pages.
scoursen's comment on Hit Safari ...
Got The Results I Was Looking For
I have found manual traffic exchanges to get excellent results for what I use them for -- building my mailing list. When I first started using them, I tried to promote long, drawn-out sales pages for products. Using them in that fashion resulted in very little (almost none) interest and results.
Once I switched over to using them to build my list things got much better. You only have a few seconds to get their attention (6 seconds in Hit Safari's case), and no ones going to read long ad-copy in that time. After they join your list though, you can email them links to your offers/products that they can read without that timer ticking down.
The surf ratio for free members is typical of the industry. Paula does offer a ton of bonuses though, so you can get quite a lot of traffic for your efforts. You also don't get spammed all that much as the admins usually only use the emails to keep you updated on pricing specials or contests.